Soul Trigger

Chapter 16 Awakening
The woman's voice was cold, but her words were quite polite.

"Where's Kinmisa?"

"She suffered a certain degree of contamination from the other world, but has been basically cured and is now here. She entrusted me to treat you. You can call me Filin."

Ji Li turned his head to look at the other person, but his body seemed to be restrained on the bed by some gentle force. He could only move slightly and at most look at the white chandelier on the ceiling.

"Please be patient for a moment. This is a necessary treatment measure."

Comforted by the healing energy, he simply closed his eyes and replayed what happened in the Lingliu.

From the Hall of the Cross to the moment when he pulled the trigger and fought to the death.

A large number of images flashed before his eyes, but what impressed him most was the blood-red world.

At the same time, he also thought of the huge eyeball that appeared after resonating with the Ascension Protocol, and the curse mark of the other world on his arm:
"Ms. Filling?"

"Please say."

"The other world shouldn't just be a different dimension, right?"

"Yes, but for most awakened newcomers, they tend not to come into contact with such dangerous things so early. When they are forced or take the initiative to 'enter the industry', they are often told about the dangers of the other world and try not to touch or explore it as much as possible."

These words made Ji Li feel that the curse mark on his arm was a little itchy.

"There are many different opinions about the other world. Some people think that the other world is a normal supernatural phenomenon that ordinary people cannot observe or touch. Psychologists believe that the existence of the other world is the result of the negative emotions accumulated in the collective subconscious of human beings."

"Historians and theologians believe that the afterlife is the abyss of hell that appears in history and religious legends."

“No one has come up with the most accurate and authoritative answer. In modern times, the only thing humans know about the inner world is the rules: don’t observe, don’t respond, don’t touch.”

"You have awakened the Well of Souls. You will definitely encounter the other world again in the future, just like this time. Remember this commandment."

Ji Lixin said, "Little girl, it may be a little too late for you to tell me this now."

It seemed as if he had already observed it. Not only could he see it clearly, but he also had a deep eye contact with the suspected "alien god".

Not to mention not having to respond, before he woke up, that group of wild believers had already taken the initiative to call out to the inner world. The "alien gods" were so happy that they directly covered the entire spiritual prison.

As for not touching, there is already a curse mark from the other world on his arm.

Does this count as stepping on all the landmines?

"What if you've done it all?"

The hand paused for a moment, and the sutures on the slender pale knuckles reflected the luster under the warm light:

"Then you can't be alive and still talking to me normally. At worst, you'll be a severely contaminated, deformed monster."

"Although Agent Jin said that you seem to have extraordinary resistance to the radiation of the other world, and even witnessed the coverage of the other world with your own eyes? But high resistance does not mean that you can swim in the body fluids of AIDS patients, right?"

“… a very apt metaphor.”

But in Murphy's megastructure, all you need to do is implant a set of artificial human immune system to fundamentally solve the problem of infection... But this world probably can't do that yet. Ji Li complained in his heart.

He had wanted to ask the "alien god" again, or even describe the symbolic appearance of the curse of the other world to see if he could get some information. But now it seems that he'd better not do that, at least not for the time being.

From what Ms. Filin said, we know that this world is very secretive about the other world, and he knows too little about the knowledge related to the awakened group and the other world. If he casually reveals something like the curse, he will risk getting himself into trouble. He closed his eyes and felt the curse of the other world on his arm.

At least this thing has no intention of harming me for the time being.

"Then... in this world, besides the Three Worlds and the Lingwei Prison, are there other worlds? I mean..." Ji Li chose his words carefully, "From the real world to the reflection world, this can also be considered a change in space and dimension, right?"

"From a scientific point of view, rather than a psychological point of view, yes."

"So is it possible to reach another world in the true sense by analyzing the nature of this kind of travel?"

"what do you mean?"

"A world with a different era, civilization, and scientific development level than the present. For example, perhaps there was a space age when technology was at its peak, and people built planetary megastructures in the solar system..."

The hand that was moving slowly back and forth paused.

"You should visit forums less often."

"But considering your age, it's normal to have some delusions."

Ji Li: “…”

"…Let's talk about the Awakeners."

It seems there is no hope of going home for the time being. At least Feilin doesn't know about this.

……

This world believes that a creature's emotions, cognition, thoughts, and desires are powerful, and they are transformed into "spiritual energy" under certain supernatural rules.

Spiritual energy is "spiritual essence", which is stored in everyone's soul well. Jin Misha mentioned this concept to Ji Li before. And everyone, whether awakened or not, has a soul well and a certain amount of spiritual essence.

In sports competitions, athletes perform poorly because they are under tremendous pressure and in a bad mental state, which leads to a reduction in spiritual essence and a decline in their abilities, resulting in defeat.

On the contrary, the extraordinary performance is because due to the influence of various factors on the field, the mental state is far beyond that during training, thereby increasing the spiritual essence and unconsciously improving the ability, so it is possible to perform exceptionally well.

Other relatively extreme examples include a mother who lifted a truck to save her child from a car accident; a little girl who survived after being buried in the rubble of an earthquake for months; and a brave man who was stabbed dozens of times and was able to jump around after simple treatment...

In the theory that Miss Filin calls "soul psychology," these are all manifestations of spiritual power. The mother's spiritual power is born from her love and protection, the little girl's spiritual power is born from her will to survive, and the one who is brave enough to do what is right may be the shouts of approval from others and his own courage and justice.

"...So, the principle behind this is 'what you wish for will come true'?"

"That's the essence. However, although the core is to make your wish come true, it is actually very difficult to produce spiritual essence. You either have to have an extremely strong will, or a very good mentality, or be born with extraordinary talents, or receive extremely powerful inspiration."

"For most people, the results of these examples are that the mother watched her child bleed to death; the little girl buried by the earthquake died of lack of oxygen after 5 minutes; the brave man had his aorta cut by a knife and died before the ambulance arrived."

"This is the reality for most people. Not everyone is lucky, and not everyone can become an awakener. After hearing this, I think you can guess how the awakeners were born."

"The spiritual essence has an explosive growth in some extreme emotion or thought desire?"

"That's right." Ji Li felt that the hand that was floating in front of him and stroking him back and forth became lighter. "When a certain positive thought or emotion reaches its peak, then this person may awaken, activate the 'Soul Trigger' and give birth to his own soul core."

(End of this chapter)